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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Sustainable Development - Community, Regional, & Global Development Concentration, BS

Program Code: 604*/604C
CIP Code: 03.0103

Non-Teaching

General Education Requirements (44 Hours)

(S D 2400  and PHL 2015  if taken for the major may count toward General Education if fulfilling the Integrative Learning Experience: Sustainability & Global Resources)

Major Requirements (63 Hours)

2. 0 major GPA is required for graduation. Major GPA calculation will include all courses taken in fulfillment of the major requirements. Minimum of 18 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be courses offered by Appalachian.

Required SD Core (21 Hours)

Community, Regional, & Global Development Concentration (42 Hours)

Required Community, Regional, and Global Development Core (9 Hours)

Electives (12 Hours)

  • Electives chosen in consultation with SD advisor

Specialization (15 Hours)

  • 15 sh selected in consultation with SD Advisor

 

The Specialization is made up of courses that form a single, coherent emphasis relevant to the student’s area of interest, such as social and environmental justice, food and agriculture, health and social change, etc. (see samples on the SD website, www.sd.appstate.edu). Specializations may also include skills-focused courses appropriate to a student’s proposed vocation. Credit hours from study abroad, an internship, or an advanced internship may be used in the student’s Specialization, as appropriate. This also gives students the flexibility to specialize in either a geographic region (e.g. Latin America, Appalachia, etc.) or a topical area (e.g. livelihood and food security, agrarian development, urban development). Courses counted toward major requirements may not be counted in the Specialization. 

 

Language Sequence (6 Hours)

  • ARB/CHN/FRE/GER/JPN/POR/RSN/SNH or other language at level appropriate to placement. Students who demonstrate high proficiency in two or more languages may substitute additional electives for the Language Sequence, with permission from an advisor. 

Minor (Optional)

  • 9 hours of a minor must be completed at Appalachian

Free Electives (15-21 Hours)

Taken to total 122 hours for the degree

  • 2 hours of free electives outside the major discipline are required.

Total Required (122 Hours)